"And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What {mean} these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?" — Genesis 21:29

Genesis 21:29 · KJV

“And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What {mean} these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?”

— Genesis 21:29

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And he said, For {these} seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

Genesis 21 — Context

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What {mean} these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

And he said, For {these} seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. {Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath}

Cross References

Exodus 12:26

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

Genesis 33:8

And he said, What {meanest} thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, {These are} to find grace in the sight of my lord. {What...: Heb. What is all this band to thee?}

1 Samuel 15:14

And Samuel said, What {meaneth} then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?